The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot (Collector's Edition)

Beautiful, well made and designed book, written by one of the greats – George Elliot. Fine and genuine leather bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Condition: Like New. The second page has an ex libris (label) from the publisher (Easton Press) with owner's signature on the label. 1.239kg, 17x25x3.5cm. This book is printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this collector’s edition with gilded edges made to last well in to future generations. The end sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. 1980 First Easton Press Edition. The Mill on the Floss was originally published in 1860 by John Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, in three volumes, and later in the same year in two volumes. A one-volume corrected edition came out in 1861, reprinted in 1862. Blackwood brought out a six-volume illustrated edition of George Eliot's Novels in 1876-78, and the twenty-four-volume Cabinet Edition of The Works of George Eliot in 1878-85. Editions of The Mill on the Floss were issued in New York in 1913 and in Boston in 1914, and of the Works in Chicago, 1886; Boston, 1886-7; and New York, 1895. The earliest translations of the novel were into German, 1861; French, 1863; and Dutch, 1870. Reprints and new editions have continued to appear in Europe and America. The volume containing the illustrations by Wray Manning and the Introduction by David Daiches was issued by The George Macy Companies, Inc., New York (copyright 1963, © 1991). This Collector's Edition was published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned and, like the other special contents, is copyright © 1980 by The Easton Press.